Recent Submissions

  • Response to public consultation paper for a new National Cultural Policy 

    Egliston, Ben; Carter, Marcus
    Published 2026
    This submission provides recommendations on the Australian Government’s New National Cultural Policy, with a focus on Australia’s videogame industry. 1. Current funding and support caters predominantly to a narrow slice ...
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    Other
  • Epstein Islands and other violent crime recreations on Roblox 

    Tan, Wenqi; Vekhande, Sanika; Egliston, Ben; Carter, Marcus; Stilinovic, Milica; Gray, Joanne
    Published 2026-06-09
    Roblox is one of the world’s largest digital platforms, with an average of 151 million daily active users—of whom 56% are under the age of 17. This report presents the results of an exploratory study of user-generated ...
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    Report, Research
  • An interdisciplinary research framework for social media and youth health [White paper] University of Sydney & Yale School of Medicine 

    Gray, Joanne Elizabeth; Mayes, Linda; Katherine, Battle Horgen; Aneni, Kammarauche; Califano, Claudia; Chan, Lik Sam; Feng, Cynthia; Fatt, Scott; Forsyth, Rowena; Goldwater, Micah B.; Hutchinson, Jonathon; Kong, Grace; Lal, Shalini; Li, Mei; McKee, Alan; Page Jeffery, Catherine; Park, Jennifer J.; Potenza, Marc N.; Stepnik, Agata; Su, Chunmeizi; Wang, Shirley B.; Xu, Xuanzi
    Published 2026
    Policymakers, schools, families and clinicians are increasingly looking to take action to protect young people from potential harms associated with social media use. Australia’s national ban on social media accounts for ...
    Report, Research
  • Books without Barriers: A Practical Guide to Inclusive Publishing 

    Ganner, Julie; Mrva-Montoya, Agata; Park, Maryanne; Duncan, Kayt
    Published 2026-03-04
    Books without barriers is a practical guide to understanding and preventing the barriers to reading that people with print disability encounter when their needs are not supported throughout the publishing process. The guide ...
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    Book
  • Sharing 

    Borschke, Margie
    Published 2025-09-29
    In digital culture, sharing is a metaphor used to describe and explain a variety of digital practices, network infrastructures and associated values. It is closely aligned with social media where to share is to post, to ...
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    Book chapter

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